Politecnico di Milano is among the leading scientific and technological universities in Europe and it is the largest Technical University in Italy. According to QS Ranking 2023, Politecnico ranks 7th position in world in the field of Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering. Established in 1863, Polimi trains engineers, architects, and industrial designers. Education is at bachelor, master’s, and PhD level. Currently more than 1,300 professors and researchers work at university and 42,000 students study in 7 different campuses. Polimi is organised in 12 Departments including all main areas of engineering, architecture and industrial design. Polimi belongs to IDEA League (http://idealeague.org/) and Alliance4Tech (http://www.alliance4tech.eu/) EU networks, which will be a key element to enhance the exposure of ESRs to international and multi-cultural networks and to improve the impact on their careers.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has more than one hundred faculty members, about 200 Phd and post-PhD and forty members of the technical and administrative staff. According to the QS ranking in Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering, Polimi is ranked first in Italy, 6th in Europe and 17th worldwide. Since 1951, the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DMEC) of Politecnico di Milano represents one of the top scientific institutions in the field and it has been recently recognised (January 2018) among the 180 “Excellent Departments” in Italy. A network consisting of over 250 companies acts as a strategic partner for the development of research. The main research lines include materials, methods and tools for product design, manufacturing and production systems, machine and vehicle design, measurements, dynamics, and vibration. Competitive research projects, as well as those related to product innovation and services, are developed, accounting for approximately EUR 7 million per year, of which 70% from the private industrial sector and 30% from public funding (National Ministries and European Community).
The Department of Mechanical Engineering makes state-of-the-art laboratories and large spaces available to its teachers, researchers and students to carry out cutting-edge research. They include the AddMe.Lab, the laboratory of additive manufacturing (AM), a unique centre for experimentation, the creation of new process solutions, the design of new materials and the development of new methods of design for additive manufacturing.